Glancy Nicholls secures planning approval for Barber Institute refurbishment

Scheme includes essential repairs and new learning wing at Birmingham cultural venue

Birmingham-based Glancy Nicholls Architects has secured planning approval and listed building consent for a refurbishment programme at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham.

The project seeks to improve accessibility, enhance visitor experience, and introduce a new learning wing. The Grade I-listed building, designed by architect Robert Atkinson and completed in 1939, is regarded as a significant example of interwar institutional architecture.

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